System and method employing portable cards to send data between systems
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1. A method for a system including a card transported by a first person, the method comprising:
- writing a first signal to the card;
reading the first signal from the card;
reading a second signal from the card; and
sending the first signal to a location specified by the second signal.
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Abstract
A system and method employing portable cards, carried by consumers, to send data between system.
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8 Claims
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1. A method for a system including a card transported by a first person, the method comprising:
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writing a first signal to the card;
reading the first signal from the card;
reading a second signal from the card; and
sending the first signal to a location specified by the second signal.
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2. The method of claim 1 wherein sending includes sending the first signal over a wide area communication link.
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3. The method of claim 1 wherein the second signal includes an IP destination address.
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4. The method of claim 1 wherein the second signal includes a TCP destination port number.
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5. The method of claim 1 wherein the second signal includes an IP destination address and a TCP destination port number.
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6. The method of claim 1 wherein the second signal includes a Universal Resource Locator.
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7. The method of claim 1 wherein the system includes a first system and a second system, the first signal corresponds to a condition of the first system, and the reading steps are performed by the second system.
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8. The method of claim 7 further including the step, performed by the first system, of writing the second signal to the card.
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